Railway road-bed.



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RAILWAY ROAD BED.

APPLIOATIQN FILED MAR. 2s, 1910.

Patented July 12, 1910.

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JESS E. SNELLING, OF NEWARK, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented duly l2, lltlllll.

Application filed March 28, 1910. Serial No. 552,022.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, JESSE E. SNELLING, a

citizen of the United States, residing in greater speed and so littlejar as to thus lengthen the life of machinery, and render travel moresafe and agreeable.

In carrying out my invention I provide two parallel rail supports, madeof concrete, resting on suitable foundations below the ground line, andrising above this line where they are shaped-to receive the rails.,These concrete rail supports are tied to gether near their upper andlower portions at suitable distances apart bytransversely 4arrangedtiefrods and the T rails vrest on shoes which engage the flanges' ofthe4 T rails andare firmly connected by detachable or removable boltswith longitudinally arranged rods running parallel with the T rails andembedded i-n the concrete. Gutters are formed in the rail supports whichconnect with outlet passages arranged suitable distances apart.-

rEhe details of construction will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings z-.Figure l shows a vertical transversesection of a road bed embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view,partly in plan and pztrtly in section, of the same.

rlhe rail supports, A, are made of concrete, mixed, compounded andmolded in any suitable way. They are preferably made wider at the bottomthan at the top, their lower `portions being sunk below the ground levelwherethey may rest on foundations On their inner sides the 'railsupports are formed with inwardly extending tlangeaa, providinggutterswhich extend the entire .length of the track and connect withoutlets or vtransverse channels, B, which drain the gutters at suitableintervals. The space between the rail supports is filled in withconcrete, gravel, broken stone, or other suitable material, as indicatedat C. Rods D, D', are embedded in the lower portions of the railsupports and extend parallel with the -track continuously from end toend thereof, and tie rods, E, engaging the outer longitudinal rods, D,serve to brace or tie together the lower portions of these-supports,while the upper parts of the rail supports are conneeted by tie beams,F, the opposite ends of ,which are arranged in the upper portions of therail supports,as clearly shown but -are removable. The tie rods, E andF, may

be arranged suitable distances apart, the frequency with which they areemployed depending on the nature of the ground in particular localities.v

The supports, A, are formed at frequent intervals with pockets, G, toreceive bolts, H. These pockets are preferably shaped as shown, theirupper ends being open to permit the insertion and withdrawal of thebolts. The rails, T, rest o n shoe rails, l, extending continuously theentire length of the track and formed with flanges, i, which engage theouter flanges of the 'l rails and these flanged portions of the shoerails rest against -shoulders a', formed in the supports, A. The outerflanges of the bases of the T rails are held firmly by the outer flanges2', andthe inner llanges of the. bases of the T rails are Vrengaged bycap bars, J, .which may extend the .entire length of the T rails, orshort lengths of cap bars or washers may be used. These cap bars, J areproperly recessed, as indicatcdat y' to engage the inner flanges of thebases of the T rails. Y The bolts H extend through the cap bars, J, andthe shoe rails, I, and their threaded upper ends receive nuts, K. Thelower hooked ends of the bolts engage longitudinal rods, L, extendingparallel with the T rails and embedded in thc concrete. The shoe rails,l, the cap bars, J, and the ends of the tie beams, F, are slotted, asshown. to permit Athe hooked ends of the bolts, ll, to pass throughthem.

In the upper portions of the rail supports ,of the T rails.

are embedded rods, M, which are arranged parallel with the T rails andthey are engaged by looped braces, N, also embedded in the concrete,their inner ends extending across the pockets, G, and through themeritend the bolts, H. By this construction the upper portions of therail supports are braced and irevented from spreading.

Pockets, d, are formed in the concrete rail supports at suit-abledistances apart and these are bridged by rods, M. Over these pockets arearranged clamping blocks, O, which extend over the outer ianges z' oftheshoe rails and rest upon the bottom lianges Through these clampingblocks extend bolts, l), iormed with hooks on their lower ends engagingthe rods, M, and nuts, p', are employed to hold the bolts in place. lnthis way the T rails areirmly held against movementv in any direction.

This 4road bed can be economically made and when once constructed willbe strong and durable. The various rods D, D, L and M, may be embeddedin the concrete during the process of molding the same and the ends ofthe beams, F, and the braces, N, can be similarly laid.

The shoe rails, l', are of course placed in position before the T railsare laid vand then the bolts, H, are inserted and made to engage therods, L, and topaSs through the braces, N, the shoe rails, l, and thecap bars, J, and inally the locking nuts,- K, are screwed home; Theclamping blocks O and bolts l are next applied.

lVhenever necessary, by merely unserewing the nuts and withdrawing thebolts, H,

, and l? the cap bars, J, blocks O, T rails, T,

and the shoe rails, I, may be withdrawn and repaired or replaced.

It will thus be seen that a road bed such as herein shown and described,may be eeonomically constructed, will require but little repair, whenrepair is necessary it can be easily done, and a lirm and solidconstruction is provided which willenable trains to run at high speed,smoothly, without jar to the machinery of the train, and render travelsafe and agreeable.

I claim as my invention:

1. A railway road bed, comprisingreinfo rced parallel concrete Arailsupports formed with vertical pockets, means forn tying together thelower portions of the supports, means for bracing and tying together theupper port-ions of the supports, shoe rails resting on thesupports andengaging the T rails, vertieally'arranged bolts extending into thepockets and connecting with the shoe rails,and' means in the pockets forholding the bolts in place. y

'2. A railway road bed, comprising'paralle). concrete rail supportsformed with vertical poekets, transversely arranged tie rods connectingthe lower portions of the rail eeaieo supports, transversely Varrangedtie beams connecting the upper portions ot the rail supports, shoe railsresting on the top of the rail supports, looped braces embedded in theconcrete and extending across the pockets, vertically arranged removablebolts extending through the shoe rails, the tie beams and the braces,and longitudinally arranged rods bridging the pockets engaged by saidbolts.

3. A railway road bed, comprisino' parallel concrete rail supportsformed with vertical pockets and with shoulders on ltheir upperportions, transversely arranged tic beams arranged in the concrete andextending .across the upper ends of the pockets, flanged shoe railsresting against the shoulders of the rail supports, vertically arrangedbolts ,in the pockets extending through the shoe rails and the tiebeams, and longitudinal rods embedded in the rail supports bridging thepockets and engaged by the bolts.

4. A railway road bed, comprising parallel concrete supports formed withpockets and with shoulders on their upper surfaces, tie beams connectingthe rail supports embedded in the concrete and extending across theupper portions ofthe pockets, shoe rails supported on the concretehaving 'flanged outer portions engaging the shoulders of the railsupports, T rails engaged by said flanges, cap bars resting on the shoerails and engaging the T rails, bolts extending through the tie beams,shoe rails and cap bars and inte the pockets, and longitudinallyarranged rods embedded in the concrete bridging the pockets and engagedbythe bolts.

5. A railway road bed, comprising parallel concrete supports formed withvertical pockets and with inwardly extending tlan'ges providing guttersand with outlet pasico sages connected with the gutters, longi bedded inthe upper portionsV of therail i supports, looped braces connectedtherewith and which extend around the upper portions' of the pockets,tie beams connectin g the. opposite rail supports embedded in the upperportions thereof and extending across the upper portions of the pockets,shoe rails resting on the rail' supports and having flanged outerportions engaging the T rails, vertically arranged bolts in th poolietsextending through the looped braces, the

tie bears and the shoe rails, and longitudinally arranged rods in thelower portions of the rail supports, which bridge the pockets and whichare engaged by the bolts.

6. A railway' road bed, .comprisin par- .allel concrete rail 'supportseach .orrn'ed .with two rows-of vertical pockets, shoe rails mit restingon the'suppor'ts and engaging the T into pockets inthe Arail supports,andlmeans rails, vertically arranged bolts extending for holding saidbolts in plaee. 10

into the pockets and connected with the ln testimony whereof, I havehereunto inner sides of the shoe rails, means .in the subscribed myname.

pockets for holding the bolts in place, clamp- A JESSE E. SNELLING. ingblocks engaging the outer portions of Witnesses: the shoe rails,vertically arranged bolts en- MAE F. CHARLES,

gaging these clamping blocks and extending v E. CARY NoRRIs.

